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> [Crime in the cities is very discouraging. Apartment house dwellers have locks, bolts, chains and bars on their doors. It takes a tenant longer to get out than a burglar to get in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-ewing/crime-in-the-cities-is-very-discouraging-apartment-house-dwellers/)

[Sam Ewing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-ewing/)

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## More by Sam Ewing

> [Success is when your name is in everything but the telephone directory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-ewing/success-is-when-your-name-is-in-everything-but-the-telephone-directory/)

[Sam Ewing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-ewing/)

> [On the plains of hesitation bleach the bones of countless millions who, at the dawn of decision, sat down to wait, and waiting died.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-ewing/on-the-plains-of-hesitation-bleach-the-bones-of-countless-millions/)

[Sam Ewing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-ewing/)

> [Youth is when you think you'll live forever. Old age is when you wonder how you've lived so long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-ewing/youth-is-when-you-think-you-ll-live-forever-old-age-is-when-you/)

[Sam Ewing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-ewing/)

> [The sight of home looks best after you've traveled hundreds of miles to get away from it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-ewing/the-sight-of-home-looks-best-after-you-ve-traveled-hundreds-of-miles/)

[Sam Ewing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-ewing/)

> [We are all born into the world with nothing. Everything we acquire after that is profit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-ewing/we-are-all-born-into-the-world-with-nothing-everything-we-acquire/)

[Sam Ewing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-ewing/)

> [Some people are much like blisters-they don't show up until the work is done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-ewing/some-people-are-much-like-blisters-they-don-t-show-up-until-the-work/)

[Sam Ewing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-ewing/)

> [If you lend someone 20 dollars and never see that person again, it's probably worth it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-ewing/if-you-lend-someone-20-dollars-and-never-see-that-person-again-it-s/)

[Sam Ewing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-ewing/)

> [Crime in the cities is very discouraging. Apartment house dwellers have locks, bolts, chains and bars on their doors. It takes a tenant longer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-ewing/crime-in-the-cities-is-very-discouraging-apartment-house-dwellers/)

[Sam Ewing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-ewing/)

> [The fastest way to meet new people is to pick up somebody else's change at a cocktail bar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-ewing/the-fastest-way-to-meet-new-people-is-to-pick-up-somebody-else-s/)

[Sam Ewing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-ewing/)

> [In many instances, marriage vows would be more accurate if the phrase were changed to 'Until debt do us part'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-ewing/in-many-instances-marriage-vows-would-be-more-accurate-if-the-phrase/)

[Sam Ewing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-ewing/)

> [Don't drive as if you own the road; drive as if you own the car.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-ewing/don-t-drive-as-if-you-own-the-road-drive-as-if-you-own-the-car/)

[Sam Ewing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-ewing/)

> [Success has a simple formula: do your best, and people may like it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-ewing/success-has-a-simple-formula-do-your-best-and-people-may-like-it/)

[Sam Ewing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-ewing/)

> [It's not the hours you put in your work that counts, it's the work you put in the hours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-ewing/it-s-not-the-hours-you-put-in-your-work-that-counts-it-s-the-work-you/)

[Sam Ewing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-ewing/)

> [Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-ewing/inflation-is-when-you-pay-fifteen-dollars-for-the-ten-dollar-haircut/)

[Sam Ewing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-ewing/)

> [An expert is someone called in at the last minute to share the blame.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-ewing/an-expert-is-someone-called-in-at-the-last-minute-to-share-the-blame/)

[Sam Ewing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-ewing/)

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